26 July 2013

THE DEAD MILKMEN Soul Rotation 1992

Artist Biography
by Steve Huey

During their heyday in the late '80s, the Dead Milkmen led a crop of college-radio jokesters that also included Mojo Nixon, King Missile, and Too Much Joy, among others. Playing a basic, happily amateurish brand of punk-pop, the Milkmen
skewered popular culture, indie trend-followers, and the intellectually
challenged, while frequently indulging their taste for tastelessness.
Critics alternately praised and dismissed the band as geeky, juvenile
wiseasses -- virtually every review seemed to contain the word
"sophomoric," and either you found them funny or you didn't. But despite
the mixed reviews, the Milkmen
earned a devoted cult following (which famously included Detroit Tigers
utility infielder Jim Walewander), a few novelty hits on college radio,
and even an MTV hit with "Punk Rock Girl." As polarizing as their sense
of humor was among critics, it was what fans wanted and came to expect,
and attempts to move into more genuine, serious territory during the
'90s effectively spelled the end of the band. Oddly enough, by that
time, they were exerting at least a small measure of influence --
perhaps more than any of their peers, they paved the way for the legion
of smart-assed geek-rockers who ruled alternative radio for a brief
period in the mid-'90s.

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